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The Exeter Fair in the pleasant historic seaport of Topsham is now the only fair in Devon. It is now held three times a year in the spring, summer and at Christmas and regularly attracts a good number of traders who fill the hall.

Increasingly, traders are coming from the far afield to exhibit including some from Hampshire, Bristol and Cornwall. A full range of books and ephemera, maps and prints are on sale from the more modest to the highly collectable and expensive. Plenty to see and to buy! Excellent refreshments on site and available in the town

Specialisms: Paperbacks and hardbacks, modern to antiquarian. Booksearch, local Dorset and Somerset books, history, biography and art. Very general stock of over 30,000 books held. Also stock of CDs, DVDs and sheet music. Includes The Sanctuary Coffee Shop with private courtyard. Positioned close to Sherborne Abbey.

Specialisms: Archaeology, history, middle east, travel, Dorset, 20th century lithographers & printmakers especially Rena Gardiner. We also offer bookbinding and restoration. We are at most West Country book fairs so bring your books for free advice. We also sell 100 meter rolls of 80 micron polypropylene dustwrapper.

Specialisms: Small general stock of selected and interesting books with an emphasis on condition. English literature, leather bindings, pictorial and decorative cloth, Scandinavian travel pre-1914. Author/subject collection building.

Specialisms: A small eclectic stock, including manuscripts and ephemera, covering heraldry & genealogy, theology, general academic, antiquarian, travel and topography with Switzerland, Europe and the West Country being particular strengths.

Specialisms: Large stock of books relating to fine and applied art, architecture, travel, natural history, literature, history, topography, theatre, and possibly the largest collection of Spain and Gypsies in the UK.